Hal Boyle graduated from Central High School in Kansas City Missouri, started as a copy boy at the Kansas City Bureau of Associated Press, later became a reporter, was AP's first columnist, won a Pulitzer prize in 1945 for columns and stories from the North African and European war theaters, wrote a book "Best of Boyle". Per the AP web site: "During 30 years with the AP Boyle wrote some 7,680 columns. He had more bylines than any other AP writer at the time of his retirement in 1974." (bio by: Bill Walker)